Tag: fake race

This little reindeer came with Santa to our town’s tree lighting ceremony. (But all I wanted for Christmas was a REAL race!)

Last week, we discussed the tune-up race dilemma: what to do when your plan calls for a practice road race and there’s nary an organized run within a thousand miles. Although Alaska provides an ideal setting for holiday card photos, the winter racing scene is unfortunately not nearly as picturesque. I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s much easier to find an actual reindeer around here than it is to find a 10k Reindeer Run.

So after reading the helpful feedback I received in the comments, I “signed up” to run a 5 mile time trial on an indoor track, committing to report the results here for the Salty Running world to see. In keeping with this commitment, I now present to you the full report on Basil’s First Annual Fake-it-till-you-make-it Five Miler. Read more >>

While Pepper and I take our running seriously, we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes I take my running seriously. And yes, I definitely take it too seriously sometimes. But, that’s o.k. I love running and I’m not ashamed to admit that it matters to me and I like to talk about it … a lot! And yes, I’m well aware it bores the pants off of most of my friends and family and that I am a walking talking stereotype. And I like it. And I can take a joke about it.

When I first read about the Run Free Race in Mint’s post about it, I can’t say I immediately got the joke. So when Kyle Scheele, the guy behind the Run Free Race (the Groupon fake marathon) offered to answer my questions, I took him up on the offer to learn a little more about his motivations and why on earth anyone would pay to participate. Read more >>

Did these guys work hard for their medals ? (Photo credit: ianhun2009)

It is that time of year. Many of us are dusting off our trainers and starting our shiny new training schedules for the spring marathon season. As blogger Mark Matthews, recently explained, there is a lot more than just registering for a race. You have to own it and get ready to put in a lot of commitment and hard work before race day rolls around.